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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

Baron de Montesquieu

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Giving Men Slavery
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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Character Giving Leadership
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law Spare
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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Art History Philosophy
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Christian Liberty Stranger
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree

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